MA - Medical Assistant - Cardiovascular *Days - 40hrs/wk.

Job Description

Qualifications

• •High school degree (or GED) required
• •Current Certification as Medical Assistant required
• •Basic Life Support (BLS) required by 3/1/2025
• •Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to effectively work with the medical team
• •Ability to effectively communicate with patients and staff while demonstrating a high degree of diplomacy and tact
• •Ability to operate medical equipment safely and correctly
• •Knowledge of infection prevention & control standards and practices
• •Flexible, organized and able to function under stressful situations
• •Ability to understand, interpret and apply instructions, guidelines and procedures
• •Culturally sensitive and able to work with ethnically diverse patient populations
• •Ability to prioritize and work on multiple tasks
• •Intermediate experience with computers and information systems

Benefits

Responsibilities

• •Under the direction of the Office Manager, the Medical Assistant performs administrative and clinical duties to care for patients in an ambulatory setting
• •Administrative duties include maintaining medical records, handling patient calls and completing forms
• •Clinical duties include measuring and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination and administering medications as directed by physician or advance practice providers
• •The Medical Assistant plays an integral role in the care team model
• •Ensures all relevant reports, tests results, labs and correspondence are available prior to the patient’s appointment
• •Escorts patients to exam room, interviews patients, measures vital signs and document all information in patient’s medical record
• •Reviews patient’s medical record to determine needed services and whether referrals are in process or have been completed since last visit
• •Assists physician or advance practice providers during examination or procedure
• •Provides patient with information and instructions as authorized by physician or advanced practice provider
• •Keeps exam room stocked with adequate medical supplies, maintains instruments and prepares them for sterilization and storage
• •Provides clerical support which may include completing forms/requisitions, answering phones, sending/receiving medical records, obtaining lab/x-ray reports, hospital notes, and referral information
• •Cleans rooms between patient visits in accordance with infection prevention and control standards
• •Administers medications and immunizations under authorization and supervision of physicians and/or advance practice providers
• •Processes messages from patients and front office staff to physicians and advance practice providers
• •Processes messages and call backs to patients, medical offices and pharmacies
• •Processes medication refills according to protocols
• •Maintains all logs and required checks (i.e. refrigerator temperature, emergency medications, expired medications, oxygen, sterilization fluid charge etc.)
• •Performs EKG’s and simple (CLIA waived testing) medical office laboratory and screening tests
• •Collects and processes blood samples and other non-blood specimens for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease
• •Participates in process improvement activities to enhance patient care and service